Improvement in lanterns



W. BURNS.

Lantern.

Patented Mrch 19,1867."

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WILLIAM BURNS, or CHICAGO, IL INoIs.

Letters Patent No. 63,010, dated illm'eh 19, 1867. I

IMPROVEMENT IN LAuTEsus.

TO ALL WI-IOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM BURNS, of the city of Ohicago,'in the county of Cook, and'Statc of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lanterns; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical section of the lantern.

Figure 2, a vertical section of the globe with screw-band attached; and

Figure 3, a vertical section of the oil cup.

Like letters refer to the same parts in all of the figures.

The nature and object of my invention consist in constructing a lantern with its dome or cap, globe, and oil cup attachable with screws in such manner that no part of the weight of thelantern is supported by the globe, and in attaching and securing the globe to the base by a screw-band permanently attached to the bottom of the globe, so that any forin of globe can be used without being especially made for my lantern, and so that the globe may be detached and'removed through the top of the guard, and dispense with all fastenings or catches to secure the top of the globe, and in forming the upper rod of the guard of a spur-screw band.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use myinvention, I will describe its construction and operation.

The base B is made in any of the known forms anil of any suitable material. To the inside of this base I attach a female spun-screw, f, by a separate disk, as shown,-for in any convenient manner. At the upper end of the base, and forming a part of it, a similar sorew-thread,c, is attached, to receive-the screw-band of the globe. The oil cup 0 is provided with a screw, g, which may be spun in the metal of the cup oumade of a separate band. It is attached or formed just above the dripping cup 2' of the oil cup when a dripping cup is attached, andwhen not attached the screw can be located in any convenient place. The globe A is made'in any ordinary form, and at the bottom I attach a screw-band, d, which is permanently fixed to the globe bymeans of plaster Paris or other suitable substance; and as this is the only supportof the globe it will be necessary to attach it securely. The guard-rods a are soldered to the base or attached in any of the known forms. At the top these guard-rods are fastened to the screw-band d, which vperforms the double otlice of connecting the guard-rods and completing the guard, and of connecting or attachir -g the guard to the cup or dome of the lantern. 'A spunscrew, 6, fitting the band-screw a, is attached to or spun in the dome. In other respects the dome is made in any ordinary method, and the usual bail attached.

In operation,thiseonstruction of a lantern will be found to possess several advantages as there are no springs to get bent or out'of place, and no hinges, ledges, or pins to get out of repair, bent, or broken off. The globe is inserted and reinovcd through the top of'the guard, and when inserted is screwed into-the base, where it is securely aud firmly-held in place, so that I am enabled to dispense with all fastenings at its top and hold it in place when the capv is removed, rendering it less liable to be broken when the lantern is being taken apart,

and to materiallyv simplify the construction of alan'tern having a globe separately detachable and removable through the top of the guard.

It will thus be seen that I construct a lantern-separately detachable in all of its main parts, without the use of any fastening liable to become displaced or, get out of order. The screw is a well-known device for attaching separate parts of all kinds of machinery, &c., and is well known as being the best for. such purposes, and I do not claim broadly the use of the screw in attaching the several parts of a lantern; but what I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-,-

1. vThe construction and arrangement of a lantern having its cap, globe, and oil cup separately connected and detachable by screws, so that no part of the weight of the lantern is supported by the screws of the globe, substantially as shown and specified. 7 v

2. Attaching and supporting the globe of a lantern at :the base by means of the screw-band d-permanently attached to the bottom of thefglobe, substantially as specified.

3. The upper rod of a guard detachable from the dome when madeof a spun-screw band, substantially as (if th ss ec'fi ed. or epmpose p I f WILLIAM BURNS.

Witnesses:

- E. A. Wnsr,

GRANT Gooniuorn 

